The CEO of the Lethbridge and District Chamber of Commerce says it is hard to say the exact impact the U.S. tariff announcement Wednesday will have on the local economy because there are so many unknowns.Â
As political leaders across the country are waiting to hear the details on what the U.S. President calls retaliatory tariffs, the CEO of Economic Development Letherbidge is urging people not to panic.
A chapter that started in 1670 could be coming to a close as Hudson’s Bay Company ULC could begin store-by-store liquidation, including its Lethbridge location.
Picture Butte Feeder Cooperative has gone into receivership and according to an order from Alberta Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation, RJ Sigurdson failed to comply with a pair of provincial regulations.
Two Southern Alberta not-for-profit organizations and a project with Lethbridge Polytechnic are part of a $1.8 million investment from PrairiesCan to support small and mid-sized agriculture businesses.
Economic Development Lethbridge CEO says the region will be able to get through the current U.S. tariff situation, having already weathered previous crises, such at the COVID-19 pandemic, and the launch of the economic task force will help.
CEO of the Lethbridge and District Chamber of Commerce says it is not only chambers from across Canada that are concerned about the impact tariffs will have but in the United States as well.
The CEO of the Lethbridge and District Chamber of Commerce says people are taxed out and adding more taxes in the form of tariffs isn't good for communities on either side of the border.
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